Chao Guo, PhD, is associate professor and Penn Fellow in the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Guo is editor in chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and founding codirector of the China Institute for Philanthropy and Social Innovation at Renmin University of China.

Gregory D. Saxton, PhD, is assistant professor in the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada. Previously, Saxton was associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University at Buffalo, SUNY.

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